BBC journalist spots dead rat in the Royal Courts of Justice

The BBC’s home affairs correspondent has tweeted an impromptu sketch of a dead rat in the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) after a foul smell drew his attention to the rotting rodent’s corpse.

Conscious that a photo of the creature would have risked contempt of court for breaching the ban on filming in courts, enterprising Dominic Casciani pulled out his pad and pen and drew this scene:

The dead rat is still there. I’d tweet a photo, but that’s a breach of the law banning filming in courts. So here, for the one and only time, is my attempt at a court sketch: pic.twitter.com/Cz8RhMFy1S

Casciani’s rat sighting comes after years of cuts to the courts and the legal aid budget, which has lost a third of its £2.1 billion funding since the 2008 financial crisis. In the meantime, prices of assets such as London property have soared amid 0% interest rates and central bank money printing.

What better symbol for the neglect of the justice system than a dead rat lying in the High Court?

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I was at court on a Pro Bobo Case and must have dropped it when I was adjusting my medals and someone distracted me by asking for me to prove their boba fides.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 2:56pm

“What better symbol for the neglect of the justice system than a dead rat lying in the High Court” – says the BBC fakestream media guy.

“What better symbol for the neglect of journalistic integrity than a BBC journo lying in the High Court” – says the rat.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 2:57pm

Yeah, I forgot to sign off.

Love,
Gritty
xxx

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:21pm

Not clear what you’re trying to do with this post. Are you attempting to say he’s lying about the dead rat? Seems an odd thing to just make up since all lawyers know this is probably true based on the dismal state of the courts. 3/10 for effort, 1/10 for achievement.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:31pm

Lame comeback mate

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:47pm

It’s not a comeback to anything – you haven’t actually made a point to respond to. I’m genuinely confused what you were trying to say.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 4:09pm

Yep … lame

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 5:06pm

Actually it’s not about you. None of this is about you. We make fun of the BBC, and people like you, because there will be some young men reading this who will get to know that it’s okay to question the narrative, that although they have been served a giant shit-sandwich by their overlords, nevertheless when the time comes there will be people who have their back.

Suck on that, commie.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 5:31pm

This.

The most important thing to let the young guys know.

That some of us older guys understand and are with them.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 8:25pm

I’m impressed you managed to type all that one handed.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:24pm

Why would he lie about the rat?

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 4:19pm

I don’t know why, and don’t say he did, but generally just because we don’t know why someone might have lied doesn’t mean they didn’t.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 5:15pm

That’s profound mate

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 10:38pm

Cheers mate, yes, I can see why you mind find it profound compared to the comment preceding it.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 5:17pm

In fact if Jesus Christ had said that it would be scripture mate

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 10:43pm

Cheers mate, yes, you found the other comment so bad that you mistook me for Jesus.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:19pm

There’s a special place in hell for BBC journos.

Actually one of UKIP’s policies is to scrap the BBC licence fee.

So even if you don’t feel strongly about bringing democracy back to Britain, you can at least end the system by which you pay for your own propagandising.

Anyway, is there any young tech-savvy person out there who still watches the BBC?

Srsly?

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[BREXIT]/[JEZZA]

Dec 4 2018 3:23pm

WAAAAH THE NASTY BBC LETS PEOPLE SAY THINGS I DONT LIKE BAN THEM BAN THEM BAN THEM [DADDY FARAGE]/[OUR SAVIOR JEZZA].

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:26pm

Lol you lefties get so worked up

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:45pm

> responds to facts based journalism by trying to abolish everyone who doesn’t agree with them

> votes to wreck the entire national economy because scared of Romanians

> thinks Jews are using Muslim immigrants to destroy the west using cultural Marxism

> support a US president who responds to criticism with 3am all-caps Twitter rants

> “lol you lefties get so worked up”

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 4:02pm

What fuckwittery is this?

“Facts based journalism” –
is just some random BBC cretin drawing a kids’ sketch of a rat and a courtroom door.

The rest of this insane rant is totally disconnected with anything anyone has said.

Talk about lefties getting riled up.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 8:59pm

Lol you gammons get so riled up

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Anonymous

Dec 5 2018 6:40am

Imagine being this low IQ to not spot out it’s a tweet.

On his personal handle.

muh lefties xDwjsua

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 4:14pm

Romanians hate the EU too by the way. As do the Hungarians. The EU is not Europe. It is a revolting tapeworm infesting Europe.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 4:43pm

Lol you fascists get so worked up

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 4:52pm

Yeah literally Hitler just because we think the BBC is cretinous.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 8:58pm

Lol you gammons get so worked up

Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:30pm

Lol you lefties get so worked up.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 3:22pm

In this story… is there anything the BBC journo did that a child couldn’t do?

Why are we paying them for this?

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 4:58pm

They should head out into the shires. Within a year we’ve had a mouse and a flea infestation. Maybe because it’s the RCJ they’ll do something about it. Maybe.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 5:03pm

Mods, time to delete some posts I’d reckon

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 5:14pm

Which ones tho?

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 5:20pm

SHUT IT DOWN

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 5:22pm

It’s the body of Lord Harley after the SRA killed him off.

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 6:02pm

You’re not allowed to draw images in court. All those court sketches are done from memory. The journo should probably know that.

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Anonymous

Dec 5 2018 11:20am

It’s illegal to sketch a witness or a judge in court or in the court precincts. It’s also illegal to take photos (at all) in court or in the court precincts. It’s not illegal to sketch something other than a witness or judge in the court precincts.

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Anonymous

Dec 5 2018 1:43pm

The disgruntled court users might be witnesses perchance

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 6:09pm

Knob.

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Tim Haines

Dec 4 2018 6:27pm

The law against photography in court buildings only seems to apply to court users, and THEIR cctv is apparently okay…

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Anonymous

Dec 4 2018 6:37pm

He should have put a wig on it and sat it on the bench. It would make an improvement.